Stumbling on happiness book

This summary of Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert explains why we consistently err in predicting what will make us happy. The book is a funny and quirky foray into the field of happiness—more of a psychology book than self-help. While Gilbert does offer a clear suggestion for how to make better predictions, he does not seem to expect readers to take it.

Buy Stumbling on Happiness at: Amazon Kobo affiliate links. People frequently mix up these different types of happiness, which causes a big mess. In Stumbling on Happiness , Gilbert focuses on the first meaning — emotional happiness. For example, the way you experience yellow is a subjective, psychological state.

Stumbling on happiness summary

It is what you experience when your eyes are struck by light with a wavelength of nanometers. Conjoined twins. Most people cannot imagine being happy as a conjoined twin. We think of all the pleasant experiences we singletons have, that they could never have, and imagine that their life must be quite unhappy.